The Clue
Ejecting lava (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ERUPTING
Tags
Notes
The answer ERUPTING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Going off
Definition
ERUPT as a verb:
1. (erupt, break out) = start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
2. (erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out) = erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
3. (erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate) = start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
4. (erupt, come out, break through, push through) = break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
5. (erupt, belch, extravasate) = become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
6. (break, burst, erupt) = force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
7. appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
8. (erupt, recrudesce, break out) = become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"